We Loved… That It’s Queer as All Hell
Dragon Age has always been a bit better at handling queerness in its world than, say, BioWare’s sci-fi staple and sibling RPG franchise, Mass Effect, so it’s perhaps no surprise that Absolution continues this trend. But the fact that its casual approach to having queer people exist in its story is just so naturally the heart of Absolution’s intrapersonal dynamics is brilliant—whether it’s the longing between Miriam and her recruiter Hira, and the revelation that they were former lovers, or the burgeoning romance between Miriam’s former mercenary ally Roland and the brusque Dwarf Lacklon. It’s just nice to get a lot of queer goodness without it being about the existence of the representation itself that matters, and instead how much it informs the character dynamics and the drama of the story.
